*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $95. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it stops being a small chore and starts taking over your weekends. Book LoadUp for an easy pickup across Scandia, with the price shown upfront before you commit.
You search online, call the county, leave messages with a couple of haulers, and wait. One never calls back, another wants to come look first. Meanwhile the pile in the garage hasn't moved since last season.
Plenty of metro cities run bulk pickup on a set schedule, but out here trash service usually comes from a private hauler, and bulky items often cost extra or have to be booked ahead. Even then, you still have to drag everything to the end of a long driveway yourself.
Lots of haulers want to drive out and see the job before they'll give you a number, and that can take days on a rural route. Then the quote is a fraction of a truckload, which is hard to picture until the truck is already full.
Donation centers need items they can actually resell, so a sagging recliner or a water-stained cabinet from the pole barn gets turned away. You load it up, drive it in, and sometimes drive half of it home again.
A roll-off sounds simple until you're working out delivery dates, where it can sit without tearing up a gravel drive, and how to fill it by yourself before the pickup date. For a single shed or spare room, that's more container and more work than the job calls for.
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No waiting on callbacksLocal Loaders arrive at your location, haul away the junk, and dispose of it responsibly when options allow.
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Most companies charge by truck space, and the price often changes on arrival. LoadUp charges by item, based on exactly what you're removing.
Across all options, not just ours: a real breakdown of what Scandia residents typically pay, so you know what's fair before you book.
Sofas, dressers, bed frames, tables, and more hauled away with ease.
Available in twin, full, queen, king, and California king sizes.
Covers refrigerators, washers, dryers, ovens, dishwashers, water heaters, and more.
Whole-property cleanouts for moves, estates, evictions, and renovations.
TVs, monitors, computers, printers, stereo equipment, and small electronics.
Includes treadmills, ellipticals, weight benches, stationary bikes, and home gym systems.
Add a single bulky item like a couch, dresser, or mattress to your booking.
Mixed everyday items including broken goods, old decor, and accumulated clutter.
Bagged trash, loose debris, and general household waste of all kinds.
Covers drywall, lumber, tile, fixtures, and mixed demolition scrap.
Includes branches, brush, grass clippings, leaves, and other organic yard waste.
Desks, chairs, filing cabinets, cubicle panels, and other office items included.
Moving boxes, shipping cartons, and leftover packing cardboard.
First item includes the pickup fee. Each additional item is a flat add-on. *See Scandia's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders carry heavy pieces up steep farmhouse basement stairs and down from cramped pole barn lofts. Each one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Scandia after each job.
Choose curbside if you can set items at the end of a long gravel driveway or beside the garage where a truck can reach them. Choose full-service if things are still in a detached shop, a cabin crawlspace, or an upstairs room, and your Loaders will carry everything out for you.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $95 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $90 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before 2 PM | from $105 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $95 |
| Multi-item pickup | Bundle & save | Add-on items in the same pickup for less | from +$15 |
| Item add-on | Optional | Bundle with your junk pickup | from +$15 |
| Full cleanout | Volume discount | Entire room junk removal | Custom |
| Disassembly service | Optional add-on | Large or difficult-to-move items | Custom |
* Starting prices. Final price confirmed by ZIP code and pickup conditions. Volume discounts applied automatically.
Out here in Scandia, a quick dump run is never quick. Between long driveways, county roads, and a pickup bed that fits half the barn pile, one trip turns into three. Your Loaders do the lifting and loading from wherever the stuff sits, because the people who keep this place running deserve a Saturday back.
Bulky items on acreage and lake lots are hard to move alone, so where they end up matters. In Scandia, your Loader sorts each pickup by condition, aiming to keep usable items out of landfills when possible.
Furniture, sporting goods, and household items in clean, usable condition may be set aside by your Loader for donation when possible, depending on what local charities and donation channels can accept.
Items that are worn or damaged but not donatable, like metal frames, old appliances, or scrap, may be taken to recycling where available, since local options for these materials can be limited.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or broken bulky items, such as waterlogged furniture or demolition debris from outbuildings, are hauled by your Loader to an appropriate disposal site when no reuse or recycling option fits.
Recycling carts contaminated with the wrong items undermine the whole load, and chemicals in the trash create real hazards, so these rules apply specifically in Scandia and Washington County.
Plastic bags, wrap and film are not accepted in Scandia recycling carts. Clean, dry film marked number 2 or 4 can go in the collection bin at the Community Center instead, where the city collects it toward earning a park bench.
The Washington County North Yard Waste Site at the North Environmental Center in Forest Lake is free to Washington County residents. It accepts leaves, grass, brush and tree waste, which makes it useful for autumn leaf piles and branches brought down by storms.
Washington County allows cans of dried latex paint in the garbage as long as the lid is removed. Oil-based paint, stain, varnish and paint thinner belong at an Environmental Center, where a Free Product Room lets residents take home usable paints and stains.
Scandia's recycling guidelines specifically exclude clothing, textiles, shower curtains, mini-pools, fencing and furniture from the recycling cart, even though many of them look recyclable. If you're taking down a pool at the end of summer or replacing a fence, the weekly cart is not an option.
Putting away mowers, boats and snowblowers often leaves behind old gasoline, antifreeze, used motor oil and filters, and propane tanks. Washington County accepts all of these as household hazardous waste at its Environmental Centers, along with vehicle batteries but not EV batteries.
Washington County's Environmental Centers in Forest Lake and Woodbury accept televisions, computer monitors, microwaves, printers, gaming consoles, DVD players and VCRs. The county also sponsors free one-day electronics and household hazardous waste collection events at locations throughout the county.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it fits your Waste Management service. Scandia contracts with Waste Management for trash and recycling, and extra bulky junk beside the cart may not be collected. Call Waste Management at 877-793-1559 to ask before setting anything out.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Scandia starts at $95 for a single item, and curbside or driveway pickup takes $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, each additional item is a flat add-on, and the exact total is confirmed before booking.
Sometimes, depending on Loader availability for your address and the time you book. Scandia is rural, so open slots can differ from nearby metro areas. Your zip code at booking shows live availability, and next-day slots are often easier to find.
Household hazardous waste like paint, solvents, and batteries shouldn't go in regular trash. Washington County runs Environmental Centers in Forest Lake and Woodbury that take hazardous waste and electronics from county residents, and you must show proof of residency.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance at nearby facilities. Items that can't be donated or recycled are taken to an appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item condition, so none of it is guaranteed.
You pick your items and a time window online, see the price upfront, and confirm. On pickup day your Loader gives notice before arriving, then removes the items and hauls them away. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home.
Often yes for a small load, if you own a truck and have time. Scandia residents may self-haul waste if it follows state law and county policies. Hiring out saves the lifting, loading, and trip, which matters for heavy or awkward items.
The pricing model. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King usually price by truck space and may confirm the total on site. LoadUp prices per item online and locks the total before booking, which suits small jobs of one or a few items.
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